The patent on the use of glyphosate-resistant GM crops.

Of course, but that superpower would also need the desire to enforce ownership. There's just no incentive when they can just encourage Chinese or US mining companies to do the dirty work.

Yes it's ratified, and how is the number of spaceships relevant to the question of mining rights?

Exactly, but it's still only worth $195b if someone is willing to pay that. The annual budget of NASA is $16b and I doubt they're going to spend every cent they get on space minerals.

The outer space treaty says that nations can't "claim ownership" of space bodies and they can't use them for weapons testing. But AFAIK that doesn't prohibit commercial exploitation of an asteroid. Whoever can catch it and start mining it has a pretty good claim to it. Who's going to stop them? And for what purpose?

A legal battle would arise if another company tried mining the same asteroid. They'd need to set up a way of staking a claim. But we're not nearly at that stage yet.

See also: "ghost expert"

Android doesn't use 3G if it's connected to a wifi network, regardless of whether the wifi connection works. That's the problem.

The AC's opinion is that Yatse sucks despite it doing exactly what it's advertised to do, ie, controls XBMC over a lan using the HTTP api.

Yatse displays the XBMC media library on your tablet and lets you control playlists, etc. Try doing that with bluetooth.

Seconded. Yatse works great on both my phone and tablet and I prefer using it over my bluetooth mini keyboard.

We did have something new and great, but then Fox cancelled it.

This paint is terrible! It's a totally failed investment. I better get some new paint and cover up these splotches quickly so no one finds out.

the cow sets a pretty high standard for meat machines.

Sure, and the horse sets a pretty high standard for transport.

"Would I be able to work with those folks in some useful capacity? Perhaps building products for foreign markets?"

I think it's easier to learn a programming language than a human language, so in practically every country you'll find people who are already fluent in their own language plus whatever programming language you know. And most of them will have learnt English since childhood.

Learn a language for fun, or if you want to see the world, but it won't tie in with your programming in any meaningful way.

Do your employees enjoy not being able to receive personal phone calls at work?

Why would they do that when the burgers are prepared frozen and cooked on the spot?